Pandemic lessons may improve long-term health equity.
Community Safety
The one-time economic engine of the 'Harlem of the West' has become an environmental disaster area—and the city isn't taking it seriously.
Rather than protect and support survivors, the criminal justice system often punishes them, according to three experts who made the case for newer "restorative" approaches to domestic violence.
"In speaking with inmates directly, my reporting shows that the quality of life for incarcerated folks in California has diminished significantly since COVID."
“The state opened up Pandora’s box and now we’re trying to manage this disaster,” one source told me.
The residents of Madera County in California’s San Joaquin Valley are grappling with a new reality.
Black girls are called “fast” and boys are seen as men. Both lose their innocence thanks to adultification bias.
Also, looking back and forward after three pandemic years, and a new analysis points to animal origin for COVID.
As recently as August, Calif. health officials predicted the number of valley fever cases this year would go down. Now it’s shaping up to be one of the worst years on record.